Darth-Baiter

@ironbjorn right. Opps. Spincast is a whole other subset.

SINCE this is a question about REELS..and not rods. I am using a Tatula SV. 65lb braid. it flings a frog with fury. I chose this reel because it also pitches a bait easy. my frog rod doubles as my light punch rig.

on a boat, I just wear shoes. running shoes most often. it's a boat. the water floating version of any other flat surface. like a sidewalk. I can imagine a big ocean boat where you are hauling in Wahoo, or ..sorry, my salt water fish inventory just evaporated. but a salt boat gets wet. I would wear boat shoes. a bass boat is easy standing.

I was concerned initially because I was throwing a walking bait. very frustrating. I probably shouldn't have used a spinner bait as the new test. hmmm

I dont get it. I have a ABU Revo a friend gave me because it gave him fits. I put it on a rod and put it to work. I was shocked how smooth that thing casted. far and effortless. I keep the line fresh, and every time I get a chance I will lube it in the usual spots. it was the best free reel I have ever gotten. then something flipped a switch. same baits, same weights, same rod, same line. it will 100% backlash (mildly, cuz I save it with emergency thumb) every single time. I lubed it a few days ago. stretched all the line out down my neighborhood and reeled it in smooth and taut. I put on a practice plug and sent it across the street. it was fine. perfect almost with those few cast. I know a practice plug is deceivingly aerodynamic. I tied on a spinner bait. out yesterday. first cast. engage emergency thumb. I am flummoxed. I mess with adjustments. put it way on the conservative side. it still messes up. it lashes on the launch..not the lure landing. thoughts?

yesterday. wow. just wow. TWICE!!! I am respooling today. first time, I saw a juicy spot just at the far spectrum of my talent with respect to distance and accuracy. I swung for the fence. what I didnt see was a obstruction 10 feet in front of my face. my bait smacked it a full velocity and stopped cold. GRRR..I let the tidal current wash me downstream and my friend eased into my casting spot. second time, a power backhand cast. my bait caught the side of my kayak, and my net. the resulting BRRRRRRTHHH sound: I knew it was a good one. current didnt offer me my usual 15 minutes of cussing and picking. I risk washing into trees (and flipping), so I tried a tiny bit and just started cutting. with my 3/4 spool, my distance was anemic, but I still got into the fish. I still laugh every time I empty my PFD pocket of that wad of line. backlashes are humbling to say the least. brings me right back to solid earth. all part of the fishing experience. you full time spin-casters, are not entirely wrong

I chose TO Marina because there is a dead end slough over there. I had hoped to find spawn beds back there. but NOPE. all we found was WEEDS and lots of them. every cast was a salad on our baits. weeds were buried into our kayak pedal drives. it was nice, being a dead-end we did find some slack waters. and at the opening is where we found the cooperating fish. fish that live in current are muscle bound beast. even the dinks fool you into screaming out loud, "oh, it could be a biggie!" nope. belay that last message!

our LMB are relatively smoothed mouthed. our Spotted bass will ruin a good fingerprint. you all can divert a thread topic like pros!!! wow. hahaha.. my dog won't bite. but on the other hand we have to pay someone to trim his nails. if I could lip him and shut him off like bass...game changer.

@gimruis. it is oddly shaped. it is further back than it looks but you put two boats in that space jockeying for position and it does get crowded. a super cool, and talented boat trailer backer upper slipped in right next to my kayak and we both got our work done quickly. he crushed with a chatterB. no sniffs on mine

Fishing was okay. Tidal flow was off the charts. We went 6 miles into a slough against the flow. Pedaling hard, we were going 1.5 mph. Brutal. no bigger fish. Topping out at two pound fish. But they all fought hard. No pics because there wasn’t time to do so. Quick releases before we were flushed 100 yards down stream. Going thru “rapids” where two sloughs converted my kayak looked like a glide bait. It would shimmy side to side. Almost scary. I was glad to get terra ferma. 9 hours I was exhausted. next time will be a lake visit.

Great advice. I do use a rubber net. But this is a que about lipping. Like you’re doing in your tiny photo.

I wish it worked on my dog.

Let’s do this! Good luck this weekend friends!

I support my bud.

i'm new to all of this. not sure if this is a new thing, but the smaller spinnerbaits are nice. throwing a full sized one out there reminds me of trying to throw lawn furniture. a spinnerB just isnt that aerodyanamic to begin with.. smaller spinnerB fly a bit better. the SV-3 Spinnerbait is nice. sturdy wire, that relies on the blades to provide the most thump. they come thru grass nice!!

its been sunny and light winded all week. pleasureable. i've been thinking about fishing all week. my first visit to the California Delta of 2023. i woke up this morning to rain and cold weather. i am about to turn on my house heater. this is unbelievable. i am confused as heck, and i bet the bass are lost as well. it has not been consistent enough for me and my band of amateur fisherfriends to get on a consistent spring bite. oh well. still better odds than catching them from my living room.

not to detract from the orignial topic. (dogs in hot cars is worth its own thread) i dont see dogs chained to trees that often. when i do, it is usually some po-dunk area, that is lower income. i just saw in in the back country of OK. sucks. sucks bad. i think the dog goes mentally insane living like that. i got a dog to be part of my family unit. i love the guy. he was a wild rowdy type dog when young. he is now a civilized country club dog. hahahh..he is so spoiled. i could sleep in his dog bed. i plan on traveling a lot later in life. i wont have a dog then. right now, yea. dog time.

i think for BIG bass, you have to be in big bass habitat. and throw low percentage giant baits like Swimbaits. big ones. you gotta minimize those 5 lb dinks. me, i just play the luck game. my biggest hit a worn out Senko i that i just bit off the torn end.

It’s magic how a bunch of rods next to each other will tangle up. Rods intertwine with line, etc. sleeves will stop that evil magic

A friend that fishes with similar intent and interest is rare. He moved to the Midwest. We talk weekly and he is crushing the fish over there. We cheer each other on from afar. his wife got an awesome job offer nearby. Big money. Man, I hope she accepts it. I hope they move back. good fishing friends are to be cherished. I do plan on road tripping to him if he doesn’t move. Next year. See what I can do to his smallie population. he wants us to move there. Haha. Too cold! My wife is from the tropics..

I do this, but I have the button pushed down to free spool first.

can a jump box jump a double battery diesel rig?

Haha. So the planks you drove up on actually exasperated the situation! Haha. been there before

WOW!!! just wow. how sick were you? and i kinda need quantities of each..and color. come on!!

oh..i didnt see beef jerky on the list.